Internet users branded Trump's behavior "weird" and "erratic," during his meeting with NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, saying the president seemed "incompetent" and "incoherent"

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the decision to proceed with arms sales sends a clear message to Putin about the unity between the United States and Europe, and that they will "do whatever it takes for Ukraine.

Mark Rutte said India, China and Brazil might get "hit very hard" if Russia doesn't negotiate a truce deal with Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, according to the head of state on Telegram. Conversation with Trump According to Zelenskyy, he had a "very good conversation' with Trump,

If you are in Beijing, Delhi or Brasilia and you know this applies to you, you can call Vladimir Putin and say: ‘Hey, buddy, we still buy from you, but you have to be serious about negotiating a ceasefire or a peace agreement,

Europe must dramatically ramp up its defenses against a resurgent Russia, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with the New York Times published on July 5, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump for driving the alliance to unprecedented levels of commitment.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is meeting President Trump to discuss the situation in Ukraine and potential NATO weapon supplies. The visit coincides with legislative moves in the US Senate aiming to impose economic sanctions on Russia.

“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”